Just Beautiful: Celine @ 18 Months

My baby Celine at 18 months:
1. Since my little princess started to walk, she is constantly moving. She began becoming very active that she doesn’t stop going until she breaks down in tears for a nap, bottle or food. I realize that it may be a little challenging now (and a little more draining taking care of her), but at some point, I am glad that my child is starting to explore the world and make friends easily with other kids.
2. My little princess is losing her chubby image, and is gradually forming into a young pretty girl.
3. She loves camera. She was all smiles and the cutest serious expressions!! She’s always game to pose and she allowed costumes to be arranged on her and was on cue when the camera pointed her direction. I don’t know what I liked best…her expressive eyes, her chubby cheeks or her great smile.
4. She has more words in her vocabulary. Everyday, we noticed that she’s saying new words everyday. (celine, susi, gatas, duyan, mommy, daddy, mhine, tudtud, papa, basa, taas, baba, teeth, babab (spongebob), ant, bitis, babay, chad-chad, carl, susan, allona, juice, shoes, one-two-three, pokpokpok, hila, didi, patay, charder (charger), baby, ahas,hi, moon, lalay, mamam (water), wow, fish, hello, pampers, opo, babu, kokak, teeth, tekt (sexy), nana (wala na), kiss and ate!

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Caring My Toddler's Teeth

Who does not want her baby to have that beautiful smile? Of course, all of us moms want our baby to have those beautiful teeth. Since I was not able to take care of my teeth when I was young (the reason why I don’t have healthy teeth), I want to train my baby to take good care of her teeth at her early age. I want to start with her milk teeth. Although these milk teeth will be replaced by her permanent teeth, it is good to take good care of them since the position or alignment of her milk teeth will determine the placement of her permanent teeth.

My Baby's first teeth

I started cleaning her gums from the time she was born with cotton swabs (I don’t use cotton balls since I noticed that the cotton fiber sticks to her tongue). Her first tooth sprouted at fifth month- that’s the time I started cleaning her delicate new teeth and tender gums using a silicone finger toothbrush with Sans Fluo toothpaste (toothpaste with xylitol for babies without fluoride which is safe to swallow). Whenever a new tooth is sprouting, I am applying Xylogel (natural teething oral gel) to soothe her swollen gums.

Just beautiful teeth!

When she turned one, I switched to fine toothbrush using also the Sans Fluo toothpaste. I noticed that she has perfectly aligned teeth! And I want to maintain those until she grows up. There are times when she does not want her teeth to be brush, so I do the brushing of her teeth with fun (I sing the toothbrush song and sometimes I brush my teeth in front of my baby for her to imitate). Every 3 months I replace her toothbrush and I make sure that it has the picture of her favorite cartoon character for her to enjoy brushing her teeth.

Just beautiful smile!!

Teaching our children good oral hygiene is so much fun. Healthy teeth are needed for efficient biting and chewing vital in the ingestion of food nutrients. It does not only help them to develop consciousness for their body, it also helps them have confidence and most of all a complete teeth help them with their language development.

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Just Beautiful # 1: Growing Up

Just Beautiful! My growing up baby Celine!

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